11:35 PM,
May 16, 2013

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Written by

Paul Shepherd
Star correspondent

If the Lawrence Central High School boys track team is to defend its state title, it will have to do so without its top sprinter.

The Bears won their fourth straight sectional title, scoring 152 points Thursday at North Central, despite losing senior Deontre Gray to a hamstring injury. Lawrence North and North Central tied for second place with 111 points, and Brebeuf Jesuit (89) was fourth. The top four finishers in each event automatically qualified for next week's regional.

Gray, who at last year's state meet placed fifth in the 100-meter dash and was on the Bears' runner-up 400-meter ...